A DISABLED woman has slammed Great Western Railway after a nightmare journey when her train broke down. Judy Lawson, 55, an amputee who uses an electric wheelchair, says she was unable to get to the toilet for five hours and was forced to urinate in her chair, then was later left stranded waiting for a bus until 5am.
The 55-year-old from Southway, had boarded the 7.15pm train from St Ives, Cornwall, after a day out with her daughter and grandson. But when someone allegedly pulled the stop cord, the train was stationary for around three hours.
Although it had disabled toilets on board Judy was unable to fit her chair in. After the three-hour delay the train was back underway but when Judy finally arrived at Plymouth Train Station it was past midnight.
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